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# [[Boko]] [[alphabet]] ([[Latin]] [[script]] [[used]] [[to]] [[write]] [[Hausa]])
# [[Boko]] [[alphabet]] ([[Latin]] [[script]] [[used]] [[to]] [[write]] [[Hausa]])


[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boko#Hausa] [[Category:English Wiktionary Import]][[Category:Hausa lemmas]]
[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boko#Hausa] [[Category:English Wiktionary Import]][[Category:Hausa lemmas]][[Category:Hausa lemmas]]

Revision as of 20:08, 10 March 2019

Etymology

Often stated to be borrowed from English book, but Paul Newman disputes this.

Noun

bōkṑ m (possessed form bōkòn)

  1. fraud, deceit, trick
  2. a mock or imitation version of something real
  3. Western education
  4. Boko alphabet (Latin script used to write Hausa)

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